The Under-20 boys’ 100m heats at the 50th Carifta Games witnessed a dramatic scene as Bouwahjgie Nkrumie, Jamaica’s world leader in the event, pulled up and went down on the track in pain. The incident occurred at around the 80-meter mark, just as he was leading comfortably.
Assistance quickly came to his aid, and Nkrumie was helped into a wheelchair and taken away for medical attention. He was seen holding onto his right leg. Nkrumie’s absence from the event is a significant loss, as he was one of the most highly anticipated competitors in the event, following his impressive 9.99 seconds run at Champs, making him the first Jamaican schoolboy to run sub-10.
The young sprinter, a member of a rare club, is only the third junior athlete in the world to achieve a sub-10 time in the 100m. The Carifta Games, which have been taking place since 1972, are an annual athletics competition for countries in the Caribbean region, featuring athletes from under-17 and under-20 age groups. Over the years, the games have helped to produce numerous world-class athletes.
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Jamaica dominated track and field at the last three Olympic Games with Usain Bolt, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Elaine Thompson, Omar McLeod. Bolt won 100m and 200m gold medals in Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016 while Thompson won the Rio 2016 sprint double.
Fraser-Pryce won the 100m in Beijing 2008 and London 2012 while McLeod 110m hurdles victory came in Rio 2016. In Tokyo 2020, Jamaica will be looking to Asafa Powell, along with new kids on the block Briana Williams, Kevona Davis, Ashanti Moore, Akeem Bloomfield, Kiara Grant, Yohan Blake, Danielle Williams, Janeek Brown and many more.
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